sustancia |
1. n-f. substance | |
orgánica |
1. adj. feminine singular of orgánico | |
orgánico |
1. adj. organic (pertaining to an organism) | |
2. adj. (physiology) organic (pertaining to an organ) | |
3. adj. (chemistry) organic (pertaining to an organic compound) | |
4. adj. (agriculture) organic (grown without agrochemicals) | |
O |
1. Letter. the 16th letter of the Spanish alphabet | |
2. n. abbreviation of oeste; west | |
3. conj. or | |
¿Quieres un café o algo más? - Do you want a coffee or something else? | |
4. conj. either … or | |
(ant-lite, ni, alt1=ni … ni) | |
virus |
1. n-m. virus | |
2. n-m. computer virus | |
convenientemente |
1. adv. conveniently | |
preparado |
1. adj. prepared | |
2. adj. qualified, well-qualified | |
3. n-m. preparation | |
4. Participle. past participle of preparar | |
preparar |
1. v. to prepare | |
que |
1. conj. that | |
Él dice que está triste. - He says that he is sad. | |
2. conj. than | |
Llego más tarde que tú. - I am arriving later than you. | |
3. conj. (indicating a reason); because, for | |
¡Ve más lento, que es resbaloso! - Slow down, (for) it is slippery! | |
4. conj. (indicating desire or permission); may (used with the subjunctive) | |
Que te vaya bien. - May it go well for you. | |
Que Dios me perdone. - May God forgive me. | |
5. pron. who; that | |
la estrella que está en la película - the star who is in the movie | |
6. pron. that; whom | |
la mujer con la que yo hablé - the woman with whom I spoke | |
7. pron. that; which | |
la casa que yo quiero - the house that I want | |
8. prep. than | |
9. prep. like, as | |
10. part. to | |
aplicado |
1. adj. diligent, studious | |
2. adj. applied | |
lingüística aplicada - applied linguistics | |
3. Participle. past participle of aplicar | |
aplicar |
1. v. to use, to apply | |
El presidente aplicó medidas especiales. - The president used special measures. | |
2. v. to smear, to put something above another thing or in contact with another thing | |
Aplicó la mermelada a la tostada. - He spread the marmalade on the toast. | |
Aplicó la pomada a la rodilla. - He smeared the cream on his knee. | |
3. v. (Belize) to apply for a job | |
4. v. to apply oneself | |
5. v. to apply, to hold true | |
al |
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a |
1. prep. to | |
2. prep. by | |
3. prep. at | |
4. prep. ng-lite, Used before words referring to people, pets, or personified objects or places that function as direct objects: personal a. | |
Lo busca a usted. - He is looking for you. | |
el |
1. art. (masculine singular definite article); the | |
2. art. feminine singular definite article used before nouns which start with a stressed 'a': | |
el alma, las almas - the soul, the souls | |
el hacha, las hachas - the axe, the axes | |
organismo |
1. n-m. organism, creature | |
2. n-m. human body | |
3. n-m. organization, committee, body | |
4. n-m. corporate body | |
hace |
1. v. third-person singular present indicative of hacer | |
2. prep. ago (Note: unlike in English, hace precedes the number.) | |
Él nos visitó hace tres años. - He visited us three years ago. | |
Lo compré hace poco. - I bought it not long ago. | |
Mi padre y yo no nos hablamos desde hace un año. - My father and I don't talk since one year ago. | |
3. prep. (followed by que) in, it has been...since (a past period of time) | |
Hace un mes que no te veo. - I haven’t seen you in a month. | |
Hace quince años que mis padres se casaron. - It has been fifteen years since my parents got married. | |
Hace dos años que no viajo a Europa. - It has been two years since I traveled to Europe. | |
hacer |
1. v. to do | |
¿Qué haces? - What are you doing? | |
No sé que hago. - I don't know what I'm doing. | |
Prefiero no hacerlo - I prefer not to do it. | |
2. v. to make (something) | |
Empecemos a hacer el pastel. - Let's start making the cake. | |
Le gustaba hacer poemas placenteros. - She liked to make pleasant poems. | |
3. v. to make (e.g. someone do something or feel a certain way.) | |
No sabe cómo hacerla feliz. - He doesn't know how to make her happy. | |
Lo hiciste llorar / Hiciste que llorara. - You made him cry. | |
4. v. to be | |
hace frío - it's cold | |
hace calor - it's hot | |
hace sol - it's sunny | |
hace viento - it's windy | |
5. v. to go (to release or excrete (urine, excrement)) | |
hacer pis, pipí, el número uno - to pee | |
hacer caca, pupú, el número dos - to poo | |
6. v. (ambitransitive, optionally with de) to play (a part in a play) | |
hacer la princesa - to play the princess | |
hacer de princesa - to play a princess | |
hacer de Óscar - to play (the character of) Oscar | |
7. v. to become; to get | |
¡Hazte vegetariano! - Become vegetarian! | |
Me haré rico. - I will get rich. | |
Ese niño se hizo todo un hombre. - That boy became a real man. | |
8. v. to pretend being, play | |
hacerse el tonto - to pretend being a fool, play the fool | |
hacerse la víctima - to play the victim | |
Háganse los sofisticados si quieren, igual nadie les cree. - You can pretend to be sophisticated if you want, no one believes you anyway. | |
9. v. to play the fool | |
No te hagás: vos sabés lo que hiciste. - Don't play the fool, you know what you did. | |
10. v. to prep, adorn, do (a body part) | |
hacerse las uñas - to do one's nails | |
11. v. to get used to (chiefly in idioms) | |
El cuerpo se hace a las fatigas. - The body gets used to tiredness. | |
El caballo se hace al fuego. - A horse gets used to fire (for the Luminarias). | |
12. v. to arrive (said of a certain time), be now | |
Se hace tarde. - It's getting late. | |
Se hicieron las doce. - It was now/suddenly 12 o'clock. | |
13. n-m. task, action | |
Nos quedan muchos haceres. - We have a lot of tasks left. | |
que |
1. conj. that | |
Él dice que está triste. - He says that he is sad. | |
2. conj. than | |
Llego más tarde que tú. - I am arriving later than you. | |
3. conj. (indicating a reason); because, for | |
¡Ve más lento, que es resbaloso! - Slow down, (for) it is slippery! | |
4. conj. (indicating desire or permission); may (used with the subjunctive) | |
Que te vaya bien. - May it go well for you. | |
Que Dios me perdone. - May God forgive me. | |
5. pron. who; that | |
la estrella que está en la película - the star who is in the movie | |
6. pron. that; whom | |
la mujer con la que yo hablé - the woman with whom I spoke | |
7. pron. that; which | |
la casa que yo quiero - the house that I want | |
8. prep. than | |
9. prep. like, as | |
10. part. to | |
este |
1. det. this | |
2. pron. Alternative spelling of éste | |
3. interj. uh, well (space filler in a conversation) | |
4. n-m. east | |
es |
1. v. third-person singular present indicative of ser; (he/she/it/one) is | |
2. n. plural of e | |
ser |
1. v. to be (essentially or identified as) | |
Yo soy de los Estados Unidos. - I am from the United States. | |
Errar es humano. - To err is human. | |
2. v. to be (in the passive voice sense) | |
La guitarra fue tocada. - The guitar was played. | |
3. v. to exist; to occur | |
La fiesta será mañana. - The party will be tomorrow. | |
4. n-m. a being, organism | |
5. n-m. nature, essence | |
6. n-m. value, worth | |
te |
1. pron. dative of tú: to you, for you | |
Te voy a hacer tus calzones.... - I’m going to make your britches | |
2. pron. accusative of tú: you | |
3. pron. : yourself | |
reaccione |
1. v. third-person singular present subjunctive of reaccionar | |
reaccionar |
1. v. to react | |
contra |
1. prep. against, versus | |
la lucha contra el prejuicio - the fight against prejudice | |
2. n-m. con (disadvantage) | |
3. n-f. antidote | |
4. n-f. counterpunch | |
5. n-f. counterattack | |
6. adv. opposite, facing | |
él |
1. pron. he, him, masculine personal third person subject and disjunctive pronoun (used as a subject and after prepositions) | |
Él es mi hermano. - He is my brother. | |
Lo hice para él. - I did it for him. | |
2. pron. it, masculine non-personal third-person subject and disjunctive pronoun (used as a subject and after prepositions to refer to masculine nouns) | |
―¿Es esto un libro? ―Sí, él es. - ―Is this a book? ―Yes, it is. | |
¡Mi coche! ¿Qué le pasó a él? - My car! What happened to it? | |
preservándolo |
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preservando |
1. v. gerund of preservar | |
preservar |
1. v. to preserve | |
2. v. (takes a reflexive pronoun) to be preserved | |
lo |
1. pron. accusative of él, ello, and usted (when referring to a man); him, it, you (formal) | |
lo veo - I see it | |
2. pron. impersonal neuter pronoun (clitic form of ello); it, that | |
lo es - That’s it | |
3. art. neuter definite article used to make abstract nouns from adjectives; the | |
lo pobre - the poorness / what is poor / the poor thing | |
de |
1. prep. of; 's; (used after the thing owned and before the owner) | |
Constitución española de 1812 - Spanish constitution of 1812 | |
la cola del perro - the dog’s tail | |
2. prep. from (with the source or provenance of or at) | |
Soy de España. - I’m from Spain. | |
agua de manantial - springwater | |
3. prep. of (expressing composition, substance) | |
una mesa de madera - a wooden table | |
4. prep. about (concerning; with regard to) | |
Están hablando del pasado. - They're talking about the past. | |
tratarse de - to be about; to concern | |
5. prep. of, from (indicating cause) | |
Murió de hambre. - He died of hunger. | |
6. prep. of (indicates a quality or characteristic) | |
un hombre de fe - a man of faith | |
7. prep. from (with the origin, starting point or initial reference of or at) | |
el vuelo de Miami a Chicago - the flight from Miami to Chicago | |
8. prep. of (indicates the subject or cause of the adjective) | |
harto de - sick of; tired of | |
9. prep. from (with the separation, exclusion or differentiation of) | |
Nos protege del frío. - It protects us from the cold. | |
10. prep. than (in certain phrases) | |
más de - more than | |
menos de - less than, fewer than | |
11. prep. (used to construct compound nouns (with attributive nouns)) | |
campamento de verano - summer camp | |
12. prep. (followed by the infinitive) (indicates a conditional desire) | |
De haberlo sabido, no lo habría dicho. - If I had known, I wouldn't have said it. | |
13. prep. indicates a time of day or period of someone's life | |
de día - during the daytime | |
de niño - as a child; during childhood | |
14. prep. (after a noun and before a verb) (indicates the purpose of an object) | |
goma de mascar - chewing gum | |
caña de pescar - fishing rod | |
sucesivos |
1. adj. masculine plural of sucesivo | |
sucesivo |
1. adj. successive | |
contagios |
1. n. plural of contagio | |
contagio |
1. n-m. infection, contagion | |
2. v. first-person singular present indicative of contagiar | |